As some of you might know, recently I fell in love with Bioware’s latest title, Dragon Age.<\/p>\n
Of course there are MANY reasons to love that game: but as game designer, the most interesting new feature (never seen before in a RPG game as far as I know) is the party management \/ relationship between the main characters and his\/her companions.<\/p>\n
Beside the possible romance outcomes, which are very nice, I also liked in particular the skill bonus that each NPC can get if you have a good relationship with him\/her. I definitely want to do the same in my game Planet Stronghold. Beside raising the skills the “normal” way (through Training or winning battles \/ earning XPs) I also want to have a relationship value with each of them, and that value will give bonuses to combat. Of course also a negative value will give a negative bonus to combat.<\/p>\n
Another very interesting feature is that the NPC actually interacts during the exploration dialogues. Evil \/ selfish characters will be annoyed if you try to help too much everyone you meet, while generous \/ brave characters will be pissed if you do evil action or if you refuse to help the weaks. This will require a bit more planning during the dialogues to check for all the possible companions present in that point, but will definitely add much more atmosphere and realism to the game.<\/p>\n
I always liked the idea of your party NPC being not simple soldiers that will follow the leader blindly, but real characters with their own morals \/ thoughts that will change their opinion on you based on your actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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